Jasper, mountains rock!....

SNAPFisher · #1 07-15-2018, 08:16 PM

It certainly has been a slow start this summer for number of trips. But quality makes up for quantity 

Went to Jasper this past Friday. Had plans to leave early but after checking many weather reports, 120 km per hr wind gusts doesn’t seem to mix...
Luckily most of the weather went further south. Headed out into rainstorms. Got in pretty late as in 12:30 a.m. or so. I was up though by 5 a.m. ....lots of coffee needed and headed up to Maligne. Pretty uneventful until I hit around Medicine lake and spooked a grizzly. Looked to be about 2 years and big enough. I slowed down to make sure it would not cross in front of me and was greeted with a nervous grizzly spectacle. Sorry, no pics. Sometimes it is not worth it to reach for the cam...or necessary.

Got out on the lake and it was an eerie fog everywhere. Pics really do not do this much justice:

A “spooky” look back at home bay

Some quick trolling and a throat sample let to indicator fishing a bunch of these, chrome bullets with tons of jumping strength. Each one seemed better than the last for fight. Had one that was pushing 4-5 lbs but got off on jump #11 or 12. Simple power!

This one I practiced some “poor handling techniques” on. Beauty orange flesh...

Caught lot of brookies in the afternoon. Nothing huge like usual. Maybe 17 inch tops but still nice.

Decided to try a new lake in the mountains on Sunday. Had a really, really slow start until I found them. When I did they were there in groups. I finally managed a hook up with this monster. 2 times into my backing and the 2 time into my backing was fierce. Thought I might lose the fish as it went past my entire fly line by about 5-6 feet with no sign of stopping. So, I took control with a lot of sideway pressure ...

Finally got a beast to the net and within a couple of netting tries I had this:

Thought about releasing it but hey, I came for some fun and food.

My PB brookie by a landslide

Nothing but awe and memories of this weekend. It was a gooder!

Passthru · #2 07-15-2018, 08:45 PM

Wow. Looks like you were catching footballs not fishing.

Beautiful photos thanks for sharing

58thecat · #3 07-16-2018, 06:58 AM

Looks like a great time in the mountains, beauty fish eh!

sns2 · #4 07-16-2018, 08:09 AM

I just finished deleting 4 backhand swipes at the OP. Last time I checked he wasn't doing anything wrong by keeping a fish. We are vigilant in trying to encourage users to share pics of the outdoors, and not put up with griping. If you feel the need to whine or complain, go in the bathroom, look in the mirror, and keep the negative crap to yourself. Period.

Scott N · #5 07-16-2018, 08:15 AM

Beautiful fish!

Not meaning to hijack the thread, but if a guy had a few days to spend in the Jasper area, any suggests on lakes that would be suitable for a Fish Cat 4 type small pontoon boat? I don't have a real boat, and some of the lakes in Jasper look large enough to be dangerous for a guy in a float tube.

SNAPFisher · #6 07-16-2018, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Scott N

Beautiful fish!

Not meaning to hijack the thread, but if a guy had a few days to spend in the Jasper area, any suggests on lakes that would be suitable for a Fish Cat 4 type small pontoon boat? I don't have a real boat, and some of the lakes in Jasper look large enough to be dangerous for a guy in a float tube.

PM sent.

Thanks guys for the comments.

Thanks SNS, it is appreciated.

That was a weekend long needed

58thecat · #7 07-17-2018, 05:40 AM

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Originally Posted by sns2

I just finished deleting 4 backhand swipes at the OP. Last time I checked he wasn't doing anything wrong by keeping a fish. We are vigilant in trying to encourage users to share pics of the outdoors, and not put up with griping. If you feel the need to whine or complain, go in the bathroom, look in the mirror, and keep the negative crap to yourself. Period.

Yeah I noticed that too but thought you would hammer down on it!
Thanks.
To the OP keep'em coming, beauty fish and awesome area....I got bush and mosquitoes to deal with, throw in a horse fly or two

But that's fishing

Stryker2 · #8 07-17-2018, 07:30 AM

Nice Brookie Snap, it's great to have those good days on the water! Congrats!

SNAPFisher · #9 07-17-2018, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by 58thecat

Yeah I noticed that too but thought you would hammer down on it!
Thanks.
To the OP keep'em coming, beauty fish and awesome area....I got bush and mosquitoes to deal with, throw in a horse fly or two

But that's fishing

Thanks 58

By the way, I ordered one of those bug shirts to deal with mosquitos and the like. Nice looking product. I'll have to try it out on some of my next river trips. The one to the RDR was disgustingly bug ridden...